So what called me to go on this trip?
I never really had a strong desire to go on a missions trip. I didn't want to ask people for money, to leave my home…I just didn't see it as all that important in my life. My senior year changed all that.
(God has an awesome way of showing Himself. It's when He wants, and how He wants it…no person can bring change in anyone…)
For my senior art how I chose the topic of materialism and advertising to expose how we often buy into 'looks'….in products and in people.
In fact, check out this link to a summary of my show:
I wanted people to begin to look beyond the appearances of others and get to know them on a deeper level. As I worked on this study God began to break down barriers in my life, He began to show me what true love to so called 'un-lovely' people looked like. I began reading Captivating and Wild at Heart by John and Stasi Eldridge. I started to see God as my King, my Lover and Warrior who would fight battles for me, pursue my heart and take me on adventures I could never go if I didn't give up control on running my life soon. (Who would want to live a life run by anyone other than the Maker of that life?…when I thought about it like that I gladly gave up.)
God had always been some kind of
boring judge
looking down in dissapointment on me until now…
Away with myself. Away with trying so hard to be someone who looked good on the outside. Away with trying to please God. Away with trying to do things on my own. Away with trying in general.
So the love story begins!
I couldn't get the World Race out of my mind ever since a friend of mine had gone on it a few years ago. Now that God was changing my heart, and now that I had the time after school it seemed like the perfect time to apply. I prayed a lot about it, but know how often people use long periods of prayer as an excuse to not make a decision. I knew I loved God and was standing strong in Him, so I just went for it.
…and I don't think I'll regret it.
Thank you so much for the part you have already…and are going to play in this!!
I cant wait to represent you as my church around the world.
